British Outburst Over William Kruger Telegram Embarrasses Government
London reports a storm over Emperor William's alleged secret letter to Lord Tweedmouth aimed at swaying British naval policy after the Jameson raid. Cabinet officials and Asquith insist the communication was personal and not about naval estimates, while calls for full publication grow amid public and parliamentary pressure.
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London
Emperor William
Kruger
Times
William
Lord Tweedmouth
Admiralty
Great Britain
Parliament
House of Commons
Herbert Henry Asquith
Exchequer
Mr. Asquith
Thedouse of Commons
Thewto Serap
Lord Tweedmente
Yuma Splits Toledo Bridge After River Ice Crash
The steel steamer Yuma broke from moorings on the Maumee River when ice and water surged, smashing a bridge span and flooding riverside streets. Harbor Master Page was rescued after being swept into the river. two other men were trapped, one badly hurt. The flax laden freighter, owned by Wilson Transit of Cleveland, fell to the water as lines snapped.
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Commercial Tribune
Toledo
Yuma
Maumee
Page
Wilson Transit Company of
Cleveland
Farmer Drowned Crossing Puncheon Fork Bridge
MARTHUR O March 6 William Morley farmer aged 48 was found drowned near a bridge over Puncheon Fork west of town after he left with his 12 year old son last night. The boy escaped as the buggy overturned and the horse was later found dead near the reservoir junction. Morley leaves a widow and family.
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Commercial Tribune
Marthur
William Morley
Puncheon Fork
Morley
Ohio River Flood Rising Reaches 33.4 Feet at Evansville
Ev ansville reports the Ohio River at 33.4 feet with side streams rising rapidly. Farmers move stock and goods to higher ground as officials expect the danger line of 35 feet to be breached by Saturday night. The flood may match levels seen last month.
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Evansville
Ind
Ohio
Wabash River floods threaten Peru as homes flood
Nearly 1,000 men are idle and 75 homes damaged as the Wabash River rises from the high waters. The river is advancing at about one inch per hour and South Peru is expected to be submerged tonight.
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Peru
Ind
Wabash
Bets Old Husband By Advertisement
Mrs Emma A Baker of South Norwalk answered a matrimonial ad and amid the drama renewed their former bond. The pair, separated twenty years earlier, married within an hour and plan to return to Norwalk. Baker had built wealth in Kansas City then lost it in 1838 and relocated his wife and family.
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Tribune
South Norwalk
Conn
Emma A. Baker
Norwalk
Baker
Missing salesman regains memory in St Louis
W H Simonson of Yawman Erbe Manufacturing Company vanished from Paterson New Jersey a week earlier. He wandered Broadway in an amnesiac state and later, in St Louis, recalled nothing of his travels except a few Oklahoma town cards. He wired his wife to assure her of his safety.
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Commercial Tribune
ST. Louis
Broadway
W. H. Simonson
Yawman & Erbe Manufacturing Company
New York
Paterson
N. J
Oklahoma
Bunce
Charges filed against Chancellor Day over Roosevelt critique
The Rev. George A. Cooke of Brandon charges Chancellor James R. Day of Syracuse University with defamation for attacking President Roosevelt in the book A Raid on Prosperity. The case awaits action at the New York District April conference. Day is said to face church discipline for speaking ill of magistrates.
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Commercial Tribune
Brandon
George A. Cooke
Methodist Episcopal Church
James R. Day
Syracuse University
Day
Roosevelt
R. M. Watters
New York Church Conference
the Methodist Church
Methodist Church
Cooke
Standard Oil
New York
Milford
Hinckley G. Mitchell
Boston’ University
Borden Parker Bowen
Boston University
James M. Buckley
The
Christian Advocate
Dr. Day
P. M. Watters
Yonkers
Day accuses Cooke of a habit of filing charges
Syracuse N Y March 6 Chancellor Day says Cooke is a joke to those who know him and has a mania to bring charges. He cites a letter saying charges would be brought against him and that it matters little who is charged. Day expresses confidence in defending himself.
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Lord Tweedmouth
William
Great Britain
Germany
England
King Baward
Henry Campbell-Bannerman
Commercial Tribune
Syracuse
N. Y
Fire Wipes Town Near Tokyo Destroying 400 Homes
A major blaze at Noda Soy in a brewing town near Tokyo destroyed four hundred of the town’s one thousand houses. Damage is estimated at about 2 500 000 dollars. The fire occurred this morning on March 6.
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Tokyo
Noda Soy
Denver's New Auditorium to Host National Convention in July
Denver's new 12 500 seat auditorium opens June 27 with 24 exits and rapid egress. The ventilation cooling system uses steam coils and large fans, while lighting uses 14 cluster lamps and 10 000 smaller lamps to reduce arc light buzz. The fireproof building will host national conventions and fraternal meetings, marking Denver as a major gathering place.
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Denver
Commercial Tribune
Monster Auditorium
Madison Square Garden
New York
Great Coliseum
Chicago
Mormon’ Tabernacle
Salt Lake
the Elks, Eagles
Knights Templar
Grand Army of the Republic
Yaqui Slayers of Harriman Drive War Claims in Sonora
New York reports a shifting campaign against Yaqui Indians in Sonora Mexico. General Torres leads rural forces to expel the Yaquis while Harriman interests back mining and settlement schemes. Analysts note engineers and workers killed, with mass deportations and prisonings reported amid frontier violence.
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Commercial Tribune
New York
Sonora
Mexico
F. Willard Canine
Navy
Diaz
E. H. Harriman
Guaymas
Yucatan
Torres
Sierra Madras Ranges
Mr. Harriman
Carlisle
Frank B. Gary Elected U. S. Senator from South Carolina
Frank B. Gary of Abbeville was elected to the U S Senate to succeed Asbury Latimer. He won on the fourth ballot with eighty one votes as the Legislature met in special session to fill Latimer's seat. Gary a Bryan supporter and former Speaker of the South Carolina House was born March 9 1860 and is a lawyer.
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South Carolina
A. C. Latimer
Commercial Tribune
Columbia
D. C
Frank B. Gary
Abbeville
Asbury C. Latimer
United States Senate
Gary
Latimer
Prank Boyd Gary
General Mart Gary
Union College
House of Representatives
Police Arrest the Woman Whose Auto Killed a Man
The 58 year old Louis Kleine, Chief Inspector of Bridges, was struck by an automobile on McMillan and Chatham streets and died at his home. Mrs Jennie Haas, wife of Charles Haas, was charged with manslaughter after the car, driven by Haas’s chauffeur Hauser, allegedly slipped a pedal. Witnesses say Kleine’s son cried out to warn his father as the tonneau car, moving slowly, struck him.
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Louis Kleine
Cowen
McMillan
Chatham Streets
Chatham Street
Charles Haas
Washington Avenue
Haas
Claude O. Hauser
Mr. Kleine
Charles Brockman
Sixteens
Kleine
Joseph Kaplan
Crosstown
McMillan and Chatham
William H. Kleine
Thomas
Tuttle
Richardson
Michael Tehan
Wayne and
Copeland Streets
Harry Black
Edward Mulvihill
Hemlock Street
Brockman
Germany
Third Ward
Walnut Hills
Cameron
Dirs. Haas
Minnesota Democrats Endorse Governor Johnson for President
In St Paul on March 6 the Democratic State Committee of Minnesota endorsed Governor John A. Johnson for the Democratic presidential nomination. The Bryan faction pressed for roll calls and vowed to push a Minnesota delegation to back Bryan at Denver. The May 14 convention in St Paul will elect delegates, with Johnson's supporters aiming to place his name before the national party.
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Gary
Bryan
William J. Bryan
Denver
Legrange G. Walker
John A. Johnson
Minnesota
Commercial Tribune
Minn
Democratic State Committee of
Frank A. Day
Johnson
Governo
State Committee
Ryan Hotel
St. Paul
Democratic Party
Johnson-Bryan
James Manahan
Interstate Commerce Commission
Manahan
Itasca County
T. T. Hudson
Duluth
Hudson
Tiasca
Committee On Proxies
Democrats of
Martin O’brien
Crookston
Mississippi Valley
United States
Army Pay Bill Passes Senate Raises Officers and Enlisted Pay
Washington March 6 The Senate approved the army pay bill increasing officers pay by 5 to 2 percent and enlistees by one percent. The action adjusts compensation for military personnel.
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Ing Hense
Commercial Tribune
Washington
Senate
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Harriman
Magnate
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